Port Alsworth: Sailing Lake Clark
Port Alsworth combines remote lakeside living with its role as a national-park hub in a way that reflects its position on Lake Clark in Alaska. The community stands on the lake’s shore in a broad mountain basin, where forested banks, islands and open water shape travel by boat and small aircraft. Lake Clark is a long freshwater lake within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, a vast protected area that also includes volcanic terrain and forms part of the ancestral homeland of the Dena’ina people. Port Alsworth is home to the park’s visitor center and is an important base for reaching the surrounding backcountry.
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Few communities in Alaska have a history as closely tied to bush aviation as Port Alsworth. Set on the shore of Lake Clark, it serves as the headquarters community for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, where the Chigmit Mountains rise west of Cook Inlet. Port Alsworth grew from a homestead established by Babe Alsworth in 1950, and his family’s aviation work helped connect this roadless part of south-central Alaska with the outside world. Small aircraft remain essential here, while the lake, rivers and mountains shape a settlement governed by water, weather and distance. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Lake Clark country and Alaska.
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